Tournament details | |
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Dates | October 27th 1968 - November 8th 1969 |
Teams | 11[1] (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 69 (2.88 per match) |
Attendance | 446,751 (18,615 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Garba Okoye (4 Goals) |
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Qualification for championships (CAF) |
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) section of the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification saw teams competing for one berth in the final tournament in Mexico.
Thirteen nations in total entered the qualifying stage but FIFA rejected the entries of Guinea and Zaire, leaving 11 nations to contest the qualifying spot.